#Infected

Karthik

karthiks

Some data gymnastics using data from http://covid19india.org Calculated doubling rate of the number of cases using 3-day growth rates (to smooth the curve). Interesting that growth has slowed incredibly since we

John Burn-Murdoch

jburnmurdoch

NEW: time for a proper thread on B.1.617.2, the subtype of the Indian variant that has been moved to "variant of concern" today by Public Health England.First, it’s clear case

Nicholas Bauer, PhD 👨‍🔬🔬

BioTurboNick

While we wait for the newly-massaged Massachusetts Weekly Report, the Boston Public Health Commission report is out.Sharp increases in transmission in most neighborhoods.Over 6% of East Boston has been confirmed

Adam Kucharski

AdamJKucharski

I'm seeing more and more suggestions that contact tracing and/or physical distancing isn't needed and we could solve COVID-19 with widespread testing alone. E.g. just test everyone once a week/fortnight

Alicia Dennis MAKE WORKPLACES SAFE FOR #HCW

AliciaTDennis

A THREAD 10 completely reasonable questions /topics for #journalist to ask medical professor who is present @DanielAndrewsMP presser todayAll within scopeAll part of their responsibilities#HCW need answers & more importantly

ASICentral

asicentral

Day 221/6 There’s no doubt what we’re living through is unprecedented. But when I think about expectations for most of us – to stay put – I don’t think it’s

Yardley Yeadon

MichaelYeadon3

I admit I’ve not focussed on Wales but that might make my viewpoint fresh.I wonder if almost everything is down to false positives greatly worsened by testing people already in

Tomas Pueyo

tomaspueyo

Is Sweden a recent coronavirus success? I get asked that a lot.Here's my take on it, and thoughts on how to science along the way.Esp relevant since Anders Tegnell, Sweden's

Password Hunter02

BenKTallmadge

Someone please tell me how the F this had happened?!US is the largest funder of UN! Tencent and United Nations announce global partnership to hold thousands of conversations online through

Felicia Michaels

FeliciaMichaels

When I was 6 my uncle took my mother, brother and myself to pick up my dad at the Presidio. Him smiling from ear to ear as we were in

EZMSA (fundvirtualcare.ca)

EZMSA2

Apr 29/21Letter to Premier Pediatricians concerned about #COVID19AB for children:- Potential increase MIS-C (multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children), causing inflammation of heart, lung, blood vessels, brain, and kidneys.Letter:http:

Trevor Bedford

trvrb

I wanted to give a basic picture of why #TestTraceIsolate is so important to the control of the #COVID19 epidemic and why we need to move quickly when testing and

LM 🇺🇸🇮🇱 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

2sly4i

COVID-19: Random Thoughts of Logic. Read the thread, prove me wrong:• If we quarantine ourselves now, won’t this just create the need to quarantine ourselves again during the second and

Yardley Yeadon

MichaelYeadon3

In a number of Sunday papers:Scientific advisers said it was “hard to see” when the restrictions would end as new variants continued to emerge, delivering a potentially devastating blow to

Yossi Gestetner

YossiGestetner

Swine flu killed 12,469 people in the US from mid 2009 to mid 2010. Do you recall market meltdowns and OMG coverage of it daily? I don't. Globally a few

Amy Maxmen, PhD

amymaxmen

NEW flight report on corona transmission on flights:13 people appear to have been infected on a 7-hr flight to Ireland this summer, leading to 59 cases as passengers visited friends